Beijing welcomes you Unveiling the Capital City of the Future

A definitive, and highly entertaining, account of contemporary Beijing, the undisputed capital of the twenty-first century. Within the past decade, Beijing has debuted as the defining city of the now and foreseeable future, and China as the ascendant global power. Beijing is the ultimate representat...

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Main Author: Scocca, Tom
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Language:English
Published: 2011.
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